Bracket coupling for knockdown table-type furniture



June 30, 1953 v c. P. MOLLA 2,643,927

BRACKET COUPLING FOR KNOCKDOWN TABLE-TYPE FURNITURE Filed Dec. 29, 1950 Inm- INVENTOR CHHRLES F? MOLLH I ATTORN Patented June 30, 1953 FFHC BRACKET COUPLING Fort KNOGKDOWN TABLE-TYPE FURNITURE Charles P. Molla, New Hyde Park, N. Y., assignor to Molla Incorporated, Westbury, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application December 29, 1950, Serial No. 203,328

' 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to table-type furniture of the knockdown or collapsible type facilitating compact packaging thereof for shipment. More particularly, the invention deals with table furniture of 'the character defined constructed of indented tubing to simulate in the finished furniture bamboo or rattan. Still more particularly,

the invention deals with the provision of special are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views and, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a lamp-type table made according to my invention and omitting the table tops.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section substantially on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1, with parts of the construction shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 showing a glass table top, which is omitted from Fig.1; and

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of table with parts of the construction broken away.

In Fig. l of the drawing, I have shown what I term a lamp table comprising a main table member i and a raised triangular lampsupporting table member ii disposed at one corner portion of the table 10. erally rectangular in form, except that one corner, namely the corner opposite the raised frame I I has a short straight portion 12, which straight portion will be regarded as the front of the table. The main table Ill comprises a tubular frame It having, at irregular spaced intervals, indentations I l, the indentations being preferably darkened in the coating of the resulting table, the darkened areas being indicated, as the shading at Hi. This construction is carried out throughout the entire furniture and gives to the entire furniture the appearance of bamboo or rattan, particularly in coloring the furniture with a color simulating bamboo or rattan.

All of the intersecting corner portions of the frame I3 are welded together, so as to form a complete unitary frame and the corner portions are reinforced by angular bracket plates it, one of which is shown in enlarged sectional detail in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The table i0 is genbracket plates It to hold the frame in assembled relationship.

The frame 53 has, intermediate its corners, table top supporting rods ll welded thereto and at a levelcorresponding with that of the brackets it, so as to provide supports for a glass or other table top 58, as is indicated only in Fig. 3. This table top is shaped to fit within the general contour of the frame I3. The triangular frame H is supported on'three upstanding members i9 welded to the frame it, as well as to corner portions of the table frame II and corner portions of the table frame I I have rods ll welded thereto, similar to the rods ll for support of a table top, similar to the top I 8, but which is not shown.

At 28 I have shown five leg members disposed at corner portions of the frame It. These leg members have welded to the inner surfaces thereof brackets 2| comprising vertical rod portions 22 welded directly to the leg members, as indicated at 23, and horizontal triangular portions 2%, upon which the corner brackets it rest,

the brackets l5 and 2! being secured together by bolts'25, the heads 25 of which are preferably countersunk in. the brackets It, as shown.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, I have shown in one of the leg members 20 an indentation 14', similar to the indentations M of the frame I3, thus clearly illustrating how all of these indentations are formed. The indentations in the frame H are indicated at It.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing, I have shown a modified form of table which consists of a top frame 21 comprising a short front member 28, a longer back member 29 and two long sides 30. The various parts of the frame 2i are joined by a front bracket strip 3i and a rear bracket strip 32, which is welded to the adjacent frames 28, 30 and 29, 30, as will be apparent and, if desired, the intersecting corner portions of the respective members 28, 29 and 36 can also be welded together.

[it 33 I have indicated a pair of front leg members, generally similar to the leg members 20, but these leg members are joined by a bracket plate 3%, generally similar to the corner bracket plates 2 except that they are arranged in tandem and, thus, produce what might be termed a pair of leg members. In like manner, a similar pair of leg members 35 are employed at the rear portion of the table and these leg members are joined in tandem by a long bracket plate 36 and the plates 34 and 36 are arranged beneath the bracket strips 3 I, 32 and are secured thereto by bolts 25, similar to the bolts 25. 7

With this construction, the bracket plates 31 and 32 form supports for a top table member, similar to the table member 18.

Two of the leg members 20 of Fig. 1, at the front of the table, are united by a brace rod 20, so as to form a pair of leg members, as with the structure shown in Fig. 4.

The various indented tubings referred to in the table members may be regarded as crimped tubings for purposes of description and the detachable leg members as leg units which, in some instances, are bound together by the bracing rods.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: l

, 1. In a table having a table top frame with spaced corner portions and apertured brackets fixed in said corner portions, said brackets being spaced from upper and lower surfaces of the frame, leg members supporting said corner'portions, each leg member having, at its upper end,

a bracket comprising an apertured plate extending above and spaced from the upper end of the leg member, and a depending rod extending onto and fixedly secured to the inner surface of the leg member at said upper end.

2. An article of metal furniture in the form of a table fashioned to represent rattan, said article comprising a table top frame of predetermined peripheral contour, said frame being formed of a plurality of metal tubes crimped at spaced intervals, crimped tubular leg units at corner portions of the table frame, said units and table frame having interengaging brackets extending inwardly from the tubes thereof and arranged in spaced relationship to the upper and lower surfaces of the tubes of the table top frame, and means passed through said brackets detachably coupling the leg units with said frame.

, 3. An article of metal furniture in the formof a table fashioned to represent rattan, said article comprising a table top frame of predetermined peripheral contour, said frame being formed of a plurality of metal tubes crimped at spaced intervals, crimped tubular leg units at corner portions of the table frame, said units and table frame having interengaging brackets extending inwardly from the tubes thereof and arranged in spaced relationship to the upper and lower surfaces of the tubes of the table top frame, means passed through said brackets detachably coupling the leg units with said frame, the brackets of the leg units comprising rods welded to inner surfaces of the upper ends of the tubes of said units and extending above the top of said tubes, and triangular plates at the upper ends of said rods and spaced from the top of said leg units, said plates being arranged centrally with respect to upper and lower surfaces of said frame.

4. An article of metal furniture in the form of a table fashioned to represent rattan, said article comprising a table top frame of predetermined peripheral contour, said frame being formed of a plurality of metal tubes crimped at spaced intervals, crimped tubular leg units at corner portions of the table frame, said units and table frame. having interengaging brackets extending inwardly from the tubes thereof and arranged in spaced relationship to the upper and lower surfaces of the tubes of the table top frame, means passed through said brackets detachably coupling the leg units with said frame, the brackets of the leg units comprising rods welded to inner surfaces of the upper ends of the tubes of said units References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Loeblein Sept. 4, 1917 Shields Feb. 17, 1931 Molla Mar. 9, 1948 Shelton et al Oct. 18, 1949 Molla Dec. 12, 1950 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain A. D. 1893 France Nov. 7, 1935 Ntunber Number 

